Patents by Inventor Yusuke Yokota

Yusuke Yokota has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12191577
    Abstract: An antenna device includes an antenna housing and an antenna element. The antenna element is accommodated in the antenna housing and receives signals in a first frequency band and a second frequency band which is lower than the first frequency band. The antenna element includes a first element that receives signals in the first frequency band and a second element that surrounds the first element and receives signals in the second frequency band. The first element includes a conductive plate which has a predetermined area, the second element includes a conductive plate which has a predetermined area, and the conductive plates are provided in an identical plane or a substantially identical plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Mizuno, Yusuke Yokota
  • Patent number: 12169994
    Abstract: A device for processing a medium includes: a conveyor for conveying the medium; an internal storage for storing the medium, the internal storage being disposed inside a body of the device and connected to the conveyor; an external storage for storing the medium, the external storage being disposed outside the body and connected to the conveyor; a temporary storage for storing the medium temporarily, the temporary storage being connected to the conveyor; and a controller for controlling the conveyer to perform at least one of collection processing and replenishment processing, the collection processing being processing of conveying the medium from the internal storage to the external storage via the temporary storage, the replenishment processing being processing of conveying the medium from the external storage to the internal storage via the temporary storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: GLORY LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoaki Nakayama, Shinsuke Shibata, Keisuke Nada, Marina Yokoi, Yusuke Yokota
  • Publication number: 20240359712
    Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a first remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a second remote operator who is different from the first remote operator, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the first remote operator or the second remote operator, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshiki KINDO, Yuji Suzuki, Mutsumi Matsuura, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Shunsuke Tanimori, Kuniaki Jinnai, Kohta Tarao, Yoshihiro Maekawa, Hiroki Awano, Tae Sugimura, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Yusuke Yokota, Makoto Matsushita, Yasuki Nakagawa, Atsushi Hanawa
  • Patent number: 12068532
    Abstract: An antenna device that is attached to a vehicle, the antenna device including: a resin base; a metal base arranged on the resin base; a metal plate located above the resin base and attached to the metal base so as to be superimposed on a portion of the metal base; a substrate arranged on the metal base; an antenna connected to the substrate; and a plurality of fasteners which fix the metal base and the substrate, wherein one of the plurality of fasteners is positioned at a top-view superimposed area of the metal base and the metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka Terashita, Yusuke Yokota, Takashi Kaneko
  • Patent number: 12060087
    Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a first remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a second remote operator who is different from the first remote operator, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the first remote operator or the second remote operator, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki Kindo, Yuji Suzuki, Mutsumi Matsuura, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Shunsuke Tanimori, Kuniaki Jinnai, Kohta Tarao, Yoshihiro Maekawa, Hiroki Awano, Tae Sugimura, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Yusuke Yokota, Makoto Matsushita, Yasuki Nakagawa, Atsushi Hanawa
  • Patent number: 12055562
    Abstract: A contact terminal includes a tubular body and a first conductor. The tubular body has an end-side cutout provided in a shape cut out from one axial-direction end surface toward an other axial-direction side at one axial-direction end portion of the tubular body, a hole that is open at the one axial-direction end portion, and a pair of arms interposed between the end-side cutout and the hole. The first conductor includes a first insertion including an inclined portion having an outside diameter gradually increased toward one axial-direction side, and a first straight portion connected to the one axial-direction side of the inclined portion and having an outside diameter constant along the axial direction. The outside diameter of the first straight portion is larger than an inside diameter of the tubular body. The first straight portion is configured to be in contact with the pair of arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC READ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusuke Yokota, Norihiro Ota
  • Patent number: 12049242
    Abstract: A driving handover control device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. In a case in which driving is handed over from a first state in which a vehicle travels in accordance with instruction from a remote operator of the vehicle to a second state in which the vehicle travels in accordance with operation by a passenger of the vehicle, the processor implements a transition from the first state to a third state in which the vehicle travels autonomously without instruction from the remote operator or operation by the passenger, and, after the transition from the first state to the third state, implements a transition from the third state to the second state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Toshiki Kindo, Yuji Suzuki, Mutsumi Matsuura, Tomoaki Miyazawa, Shunsuke Tanimori, Kuniaki Jinnai, Kohta Tarao, Yoshihiro Maekawa, Hiroki Awano, Tae Sugimura, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Yusuke Yokota, Makoto Matsushita, Yasuki Nakagawa, Atsushi Hanawa
  • Patent number: 12013416
    Abstract: In a contact terminal, the first insertion portion includes a first contact portion having a first flat surface along an axial direction, the second insertion portion includes a second contact portion having a second flat surface along the axial direction, the first flat surface and the second flat surface are in contact with each other, the tubular body includes at least one of a first end side notch provided along the axial direction on a peripheral surface of the one end portion in the axial direction of the tubular body and a second end side notch provided along the axial direction on a peripheral surface of the other end portion in the axial direction of the tubular body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC READ CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michio Kaida, Norihiro Ota, Yusuke Yokota
  • Publication number: 20240186687
    Abstract: An antenna device that is attached to a vehicle, the antenna device including: a resin base; a metal base arranged on the resin base; a metal plate located above the resin base and attached to the metal base so as to be superimposed on a portion of the metal base; a substrate arranged on the metal base; an antenna connected to the substrate; and a plurality of fasteners which fix the metal base and the substrate, wherein one of the plurality of fasteners is positioned at a top-view superimposed area of the metal base and the metal plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka TERASHITA, Yusuke YOKOTA, Takashi KANEKO
  • Publication number: 20240178909
    Abstract: A satellite constellation apparatus, a satellite constellation system, a method, and a non-transitory computer-readable medium that can prevent instantaneous interruption of communication are provided. A traffic control ground station is capable of communicating with a plurality of satellites and includes a communication control unit configured to predict a functional link through the plurality of satellites at a time point later than the present time point by a predetermined time based on trajectories of the plurality of satellites and control switching of transmission destinations of communication data transmitted and received by the satellites so that communication is performed by using the predicted functional link before a functional link through the plurality of satellites at the present time point is disconnected at the time point later by the predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Go FUJIMOTO, Yusuke Yokota
  • Publication number: 20240097317
    Abstract: In order to ensure isolation between a plurality of antenna elements arranged in a narrow space while reducing a size of an antenna device for a vehicle, an antenna device (100) for a vehicle includes an antenna case (101), a base (102) forming an accommodation space together with the antenna case (101), and a first antenna element (122) and a second antenna element (123) that are accommodated in the accommodation space. The first antenna element (122) and the second antenna element (123) at least transmit or receive radio waves in different frequency bands. The first antenna element (122) at least partially has a meandering shape in a first direction that intersects polarization of radio waves transmitted or received by the second antenna element (123).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka TERASHITA, Motohisa ONO, Tomohiro HOSHI, Yusuke YOKOTA, Satoshi IWASAKI
  • Patent number: 11936101
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a first antenna and a second antenna provided in a case. The first antenna includes a first capacitance loading element and is configured to at least one of receive and transmit a signal in a first frequency band. The second antenna includes a second capacitance loading element and is configured to at least one of receive and transmit a signal in a second frequency band. The second frequency band is higher than the first frequency band. The second capacitance loading element is disposed at a front side of the first capacitance loading element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka Terashita, Yusuke Yokota, Kazuya Fujimaki
  • Publication number: 20230335921
    Abstract: An antenna device includes an antenna part, a board to which the antenna part is connected, an electronic circuit mounted on the board, and a reactance adjustment device that cancels reactance in a frequency band in use, the reactance causing electrical stress to be applied to a component of the electronic circuit. The board includes a board input part serving as an input interface with the antenna part, and the reactance adjustment device is mounted between the board input part and the electronic circuit, and is connected to a ground part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke YOKOTA, Akira KONDO
  • Publication number: 20230335890
    Abstract: An antenna device for a vehicle, comprising: an antenna base that is attached to a predetermined site of a vehicle; an antenna case forming an accommodation space with the antenna base; a first antenna portion accommodated in the accommodation space and corresponding a first frequency band; and a second antenna portion accommodated in the accommodation space and corresponding a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band, wherein at least a portion of a region of the first antenna portion and at least a portion of a region of the second antenna portion overlap each other, wherein a limiting circuit is connected to a power feeding portion of at least one antenna portion of the first antenna portion and the second antenna portion, and wherein the limiting circuit limits transmission of signals with frequencies outside a frequency band corresponded by the antenna portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yusuke YOKOTA, Taiki MOCHIZUKI, Sadaharu KIZAWA
  • Patent number: 11760389
    Abstract: A vehicle controller device including: a communication section configured to perform communication between an operation device external to a vehicle and another vehicle; a memory; and a processor that is coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: acquire peripheral information regarding a periphery of the vehicle from a peripheral information detection section, generate a travel plan for the vehicle based on the peripheral information of the vehicle, acquire operation information to operate the vehicle from the operation device, control autonomous driving in which the vehicle travels based on the generated travel plan and also control remote driving in which the vehicle travels based on the acquired operation information, acquire peripheral information from the other vehicle in a case in which the processor is unable to acquire peripheral information, and hand over operation authority to the operation device when peripheral information is being acquired by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Makoto Matsushita, Atsushi Hanawa, Yasuki Nakagawa, Yusuke Yokota, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Tae Sugimura
  • Patent number: 11761070
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy member capable of suppressing deterioration in ductility thereof. In the method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy member, an aluminum alloy casting material that contains 2.0 to 5.5 mass % of Cu, and 4.0 to 7.0 mass % of Si in which a content of Mg is 0.5 mass % or less, a content of Zn is 1.0 mass % or less, a content of Fe is 1.0 mass % or less, a content of Mn is 0.5 mass % or less and the balance is made of Al and inevitable impurities is used. The method for manufacturing an aluminum alloy member includes a heating and holding step of heating and holding the aluminum alloy casting material within a solid-liquid coexisting temperature region; and a quenching step of rapidly cooling the aluminum alloy casting material after performing the heating and holding step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yusuke Yokota, Hirotsune Watanabe, Makoto Kikuchi, Hiroshi Kawahara, Yasushi Iwata, Jun Yaokawa, Kazuma Hibi
  • Publication number: 20230198135
    Abstract: An antenna device includes a first antenna and a second antenna provided in a case. The first antenna includes a first capacitance loading element and is configured to at least one of receive and transmit a signal in a first frequency band. The second antenna includes a second capacitance loading element and is configured to at least one of receive and transmit a signal in a second frequency band. The second frequency band is higher than the first frequency band. The second capacitance loading element is disposed at a front side of the first capacitance loading element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: YOKOWO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noritaka TERASHITA, Yusuke YOKOTA, Kazuya FUJIMAKI
  • Publication number: 20230176089
    Abstract: A contact terminal includes a tubular body and a first conductor. The tubular body has an end-side cutout provided in a shape cut out from one axial-direction end surface toward an other axial-direction side at one axial-direction end portion of the tubular body, a hole that is open at the one axial-direction end portion, and a pair of arms interposed between the end-side cutout and the hole. The first conductor includes a first insertion including an inclined portion having an outside diameter gradually increased toward one axial-direction side, and a first straight portion connected to the one axial-direction side of the inclined portion and having an outside diameter constant along the axial direction. The outside diameter of the first straight portion is larger than an inside diameter of the tubular body. The first straight portion is configured to be in contact with the pair of arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Yusuke YOKOTA, Norihiro OTA
  • Patent number: 11634164
    Abstract: An operation selection device includes a memory and a processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yasuki Nakagawa, Atsushi Hanawa, Makoto Matsushita, Yusuke Yokota, Tomoyuki Kuriyama, Tae Sugimura
  • Patent number: 11630442
    Abstract: To effectively utilize work information acquired by maintenance of an instrument in a plant, an apparatus is provided, which includes an acquisition unit that acquires work information about at least one of a calibration or an adjustment performed on the instrument in a plant; an extraction unit that extracts a plurality of data elements to be included in output information having a predetermined output format from the work information; and a generation unit that generates the output information from the plurality of data elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Shikaden Corporation
    Inventors: Ryouhei Furihata, Yusuke Yokota, Takahiro Kinoshita, Toshiaki Kase